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DAYTON — The mother of Makayla Norman, the 14-year-old girl who weighed 28 pounds when she died
of malnutrition last year, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges
yesterday.

Angela Norman, 42, appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Katherine Huffman,
who set sentencing for April 24.

Makayla, who had cerebral palsy, was covered in bedsores, living in filth and starved to the
point that she looked more like a skeleton than a teenager when she died on March 1, 2011, just
minutes after medics got her to Children’s Medical Center of Dayton.

The Montgomery County coroner’s office ruled her death a homicide and concluded that Makayla
died of nutritional and medical neglect complicated by her condition. A coroner’s official called
her “the worst malnourished child I think we’ve ever seen.”

Norman was charged with involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; endangering children, a
third-degree felony; and endangering children, a first-degree misdemeanor. The misdemeanor is in
connection with Makayla’s sister, who was 17 when she was removed from the home after Makayla’s
death. Norman pleaded guilty to all three counts.

Huffman said the defense had made a plea offer that included a sentencing range this week, but
prosecutors rejected it, saying the state would not make any deals in this case.